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While you were sleeping: 5 July 2016

Bombing targets Prophet's Mosque, another attack prevented in Nigeria, and big names through to final eight at Wimbledon.

By John Stupart

5 Jul

US Independence Day celebrations in Avondale Estates, Georgia, USA

“Easy reading is damn hard writing.”

– Nathaniel Hawthorne

Story of the Day

Nkandla: National Key Points Act could be used to thwart Zuma’s #Paybackthemoney discount

Documents obtained in a 2013 PAIA application by the amaBhungane centre for investigative journalism in a probe seeking to unravel the massive “scope creep” that became the Nkandla scandal reveal that President Jacob Zuma knew about the project all along, that it was he who asked for it to be kept confidential and that the president had been warned he would personally be responsible for security costs. Some of these facts have been obfuscated in the years of legal ducking and diving around Nkandla. Just two documents in the more than 12,000 pages released provide 20/20 clarity in hindsight. According to these documents No 1 could have to repay all of the costs. By MARIANNE THAMM.
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While you were sleeping

Saudi suicide bomb attack kills four

The pre-Eid suicide bombing trend continued throughout Monday with an attacker targeting the Prophet's mosque in Medina. Four security personnel, who perished in the blast, prevented the suicide bomber from entering the mosque. Another suicide bombing in Qatif was reported as well. Read more

Bombing prevented in Nigeria

Three female suicide bombers have been prevented from carrying out a triple suicide bombing in Nigeria. Internally displaced people in Monguno, in Borno state, were the target of the attempted attack. Nigerian security forces were able to shoot two of the three suspects, with the third's explosives detonating prematurely an hour later. Read more

R2K joins SABC picket bandwagon

Not content to be outdone by the recent protests against SABC censorship, organised by journalists and joined by the South African Editor's Forum, the Right2Know campaign and associated hangers-on have announced planned pickets of their own. The demonstrations are scheduled for Wednesday (SABC) and Thursday (Icasa) this week. Read more

Murray, Federer, Williams all through

Andy Murray, Roger Federer and Serena Williams all breezed through 'Manic Monday' to reach the last eight at Wimbledon. Dominika Cibulková, who achieved a surprise victory as well, is now considering cancelling her wedding, which illustrated just how surprising it was. Read more

In Numbers

1,400

The number of emergency workers who were at Ground Zero that have died since 9/11. Many of these deaths were related to toxins from the rubble itself.

Facts of the Day

Today is Stage 4 of the Tour de France. This is the 237.5km Saumur > Limoges route.

Fact of the day: Butterflies in the Amazon will literally drink the tears of tortoises. This is to supplement their diet, rather than to rub any manner of insult in.

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FEATURED

	Nkandla: National Key Points Act could be used to thwart Zuma’s #Paybackthemoney discount By Marianne Thamm
	Jay Naidoo: I would fundamentally change the electoral system By Melanie Verwoerd
	Op-Ed: Does South Africa actually have a counterterrorism strategy? By Jasmine Opperman
	SABC: Battle lines drawn against Hlaudi’s ‘rule by diktat’ By Greg Nicolson
	Video: Evita's Free Speech, Ep.45 – Evita shows that the proof of the voting is in the pudding By Pieter-Dirk Uys
	Analysis: Madiba, the ultimate endorser By Stephen Grootes
	Take a Chance: Welcome to the golden underground world of Zama-Zamas By Greg Mills
	KwaZulu-Natal: KaMagwaza-Msibi’s NFP reels as all routes to the Municipal polls close By CYRIL MADLALA
	GroundUp: Cape Town taken to court over toilets By GroundUp
	Amisom divisions threaten Somalia’s fragile stability By Simon Allison
	Health-E: Western Platinum Refinery’s ‘potent fog’ sparks health crisis By HEALTH-E NEWS
	Analysis: Why women’s cricket at the 2022 Commonwealth Games could be a significant step into new markets By Antoinette Muller
	A betrayal of democracy: Letter from former board members of the SABC By Daily Maverick Staff Reporter

OPINIONS

	South Africa’s great LGBTI failure By Pierre de Vos
	Durban July: Long live Conspicuous Consumption, long live! By Busani Ngcaweni
	Effecting a successful youth transition in SA By Mcebisi Jonas
	Nanny Motsoaledi’s unscientific war on salt By Ivo Vegter

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While you were sleeping: 5 July 2016

Story of the Day

Nkandla: National Key Points Act could be used to thwart Zuma’s #Paybackthemoney discount

While you were sleeping

Saudi suicide bomb attack kills four

Bombing prevented in Nigeria

R2K joins SABC picket bandwagon

Murray, Federer, Williams all through

In Numbers

Facts of the Day

Weather

Financial Data

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